This is the information page about the shipwreck Pomeranian, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 50 33.587 N,2 41.372 W (50.39495, -2.4067166666667)
Open the Water Map of this area in a full window
The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.
Name: POMERANIAN
Length 116.1 meter, width: 13.4 meter, draught: 10.1, tonnage 4241 ton
Load: general and mixed goods,personnel
Cause: ex-grecian monarch. built in 1882 by earle's co ltd, kingston-upon-hull. owned at time of loss by allan line. triple expansion engine of 316 nhp, single shaft. passage london for st john's, newfoundland. torpedoed by uc-77. (llww1, dods & sibi).
Year of registration: 1918
Water depth above wreck: 32 meter, Height above seabed: 112 cm
Known since: 1918, last detected: 20150315
Details measurements/cartography: H2182/18 15.4.18 WRECK (TWO MASTS SHOWING), DANGEROUS TO NAVIGATION, IN 503340N, 024121W. (TELECOM PORTLAND). CHART AS DW MASTS.
- NM 531/18. 16.4.18 WK IN 503330N, 024130W OR 9M NW BY W HALF W FROM PORTLAND BILL. (WW1SL). H4431/18 6.8.18 MASTS NOW FALLEN, LEAST WATER OVER WRECK 10FMS. (RA PORTLAND, 2.8.18). AMEND TO WK 10FMS.
- NM 1049/18. H3971/52 3.7.52 WIRE DRIFT SWEEP ON 11.6.52, CLEAR 12FMS, FOUL 13FMS. LEAST DEPTH BY E/S 74FT IN GEN DEPTH 16FMS. LENGTH 450FT, LYING NW/SE. THE SHALLOWEST PART IS IN THE CENTRE POSN 503333N, 024123W USING HSA. REPD TO BE A VERY GOOD ALL ROUND A/S TARGET. (HMS SCOTT/SCES, 11.6.52, SURVEY [E9419]). AMEND TO WK 12FMS. BR STD. H2979/74 15.5.74 WK IN 503336N, 024142W USING DECCA. (MR GILES, 17.4.74). NCA. H5982/82 3.2.83 TWO WKS SHOWN IN 503330N, 024123W & 503346N, 024127W USING DECCA. (KINGFISHER CHART K(SW)1, 1982). NCA. H2923/83 3.1.85 EXAM'D 27.7.84 IN 503333N, 024120W [OGB] USING SYLEDIS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 25.1, FOUL AT 25.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 25.2 IN GEN DEPTH 32MTRS. SCOUR 1MTR DEEP. DCS3 HT 8MTRS. WK IS IN TWO SECTIONS. THE WESTERN PART TRENDS 120/300DEGS WITH LENGTH OF 50MTRS; THE EASTERN SECTION LIES APPROX 090/270DEGS WITH LENGTH 70MTRS. (GARDLINE SURVEYS, HI 202). AMEND TO SW 25MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. SEP 2015/000019320 8.7.15 EXAM'D 15.3.15 LEAST M/B DEPTH 26.99MTRS IN 5033.587N, 0241.372W [WGD], GEN DEPTHS 32MTRS. LENGTH 134MTRS, WIDTH 9.0MTRS, HEIGHT 5.7MTRS. ORIENTATION 010/190 DEGS. IN TWO SECTIONS, BURIED AND DISINTERGRATED. MODERATE MAGNETIC ANOMALY. (MMT, HI 1453). AMEND TO DW 26.5MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: IN TWO SECTIONS, BURIED AND DISINTERGRATED
Position: 50 33.587 N,2 41.372 W